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ZIP code 40348, Bourbon County, Kentucky

National Flood Insurance Program claims and payouts recorded for this ZIP code, with county context.

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders. NFIP claims as of 8 Sep 2026.

ZIP code 40348, in Bourbon County, Kentucky, has 13 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 13 of them paid for a total of $267K.

That is 3.3% of the 395 claims recorded across Bourbon County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $21K, close to the county average of $18K and the Kentucky average of $22K.

FEMA counts 2 repetitive-loss properties and 0 severe repetitive-loss properties in the ZIP (properties with two or more paid flood claims); their locations are not published.

At county level FEMA counts 81 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.9% of residential structures.

13NFIP claims since 1978
13paid claims
$267Ktotal paid
$21Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 40348BourbonKentuckyUS
Claims since 19781339527,9472,680,429
Share of claims paid100%92%85%78%
Average paid claim$21K$18K$22K$43K
Share of county claims3.3%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties2532,446—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 40348 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s0$0
1990s7$167,437
2000s0$0
2010s6$99,996
2020s0$0
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
201522$22,497$11,249
201044$77,499$19,375
199733$156,900$52,300
199611$2,035$2,035
199522$3,877$1,939
199011$4,625$4,625

Claims are counted by year of loss as recorded in OpenFEMA's redacted NFIP claims file; amounts combine building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments. ZIP codes in the file are the policyholder's reported ZIP.

County context: Bourbon County

Bourbon County has 279 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (3 in the last 12 months), 22 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Very Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 88; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 18 · Tornado: 4 · Flood: 88 · Wind: 129 · Winter: 32 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 40348?

13 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 13 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 40348?

$267K across 13 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $21K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 40348?

2010, with 4 claims and $77K paid.

What county is ZIP 40348 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Bourbon County, Kentucky; ZIP codes can cross county lines. The county page carries the storm record, declarations and risk index for the area.

Provenance

OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 (as of 8 Sep 2026) and NfipMultipleLossProperties v1 (2 Aug 2026), aggregated by ZIP code and year of loss on this site; no property-level record is shown. County storm figures from NOAA NCEI through 30 Jun 2026. Built 1 Oct 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.